BOSTON — If there’s one thing I found out today that Bruins and Montreal Canadiens players agree on, it’s their favorite goal celebration of all time.

Considering Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between the bitter rivals was highlighted by a now-famous, but offensive, celebration by Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference, I thought I’d find out what post-goal reactions have left a mark on current Bruins and Habs players over the years.

Out of around a dozen players, all but one said Teemu Selanne’s glove toss and ‘machine gun’ celebration after he broke the single-season rookie scoring record with his 54th goal in 1993.

Only Bruins forward Rich Peverley went with Theo Fleury’s slide across the ice after the game-winning goal in Game 6 1991 vs. Edmonton.

Bruins forward Milan Lucic was among the Selanne lovers. When asked, he recalled a fancy celebration he once executed in a summer league game in Vancouver against a team “we really didn’t like.”

After scoring Lucic did the “kayak,” which he described like this: “You kind of slide on your bum.”

“That was the first and only time I’ve done a crazy celebration,” said Lucic, “and I don’t plan on every doing it again.”

Montreal defenseman Hal Gill, who’s never scored more than six goals in a season at any level since college, also admired Selanne’s maneuver. But he also harkened back to Providence College’s Bobby Gaudreau’s raising of one arm when he would score.

“If I had scored a lot of goals and I had time to think about it, I think I’d do that one,” said Gill.

Regardless of your favorite celebration to watch or perform, there probably aren’t too many less appropriate than Ference’s “accidental bird.”

You gotta give props to the Selanne trick shooting. Speaking of propps. There’s Brian’s subtle hand jive after each goal. I’ve seen the frozen water kayak. I believe it came from europe too. It’s classic. The Ovie fire/hot move was too stationary. My son and his buds do the finger drag or the arrow from the quiver. It’s funny,my old man would have dragged me off the ice if I ever did anything more than a stick raise. Not too high either. His favorite words. Act like you’ve done it before and don’t disrespect your opponent. Times they are a changing.